[gentoo-user] [X11] radeonhd not working

To eliminate bugs, I'm using this as xorg.conf.new: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" EndSection Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath ... # ... FontPath ... EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "dri2" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Loa

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3 and Kconvert

On Saturday 20 February 2010 03:11:41 Dale wrote: > Dale, whatever you wanted to say did not reach the list ... just an html message with an empty body. You may want to resend? PS. Hopefully not in html. ;-) -- Regards, Mick

Re: [gentoo-user] recovering RAID from an old server

On Saturday 20 February 2010 06:29:03 Iain Buchanan wrote: > so it looks like there's some problems with hdc. Are there any disk > hardware testing tools on the gentoo minimal live cd? If you want to check the disk use sys-apps/smartmontools, but this problem may be a fs corruption - which coul

Re: [gentoo-user] [X11] radeonhd not working

> I get the following error lines in the console: > FATAL: Module radeon not found. > (EE) RADEONHD(0): RHDDRIVersionCheck: drmOpen("radeon", > "pci::05:05.0") failed. > > [ 1256.744546] uvesafb: mode switch failed (eax=0x34f, err=0). Trying > again with default timings. > > Radeon DRI is com

[gentoo-user] no libdri.so with ati-drivers-10.1

I tried 10.1 but just got a blank screen. The log file shows that xorg couldnt load libdri.so, and the file is missing under /usr/lib64/xorg. (its at /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so in 9.9-r2) So, any ideas or should i issue a bug report?

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with installation kde-meta, gnome

On Saturday 20 of February 2010 03:56:32 Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote: > If I understand you correctly, then you only set useflags when you invoke > emerge? As in "USE="foo" emerge foobar". Is this how you're doing it or am > I just misunderstanding? Yes and no. Yes, because I add a given flag

[gentoo-user] Re: recovering RAID from an old server

> Should I be able to mount them automatically and let the SW RAID > module sort it out or do I have to know how they're tied together > beforehand? > md: looking for a shared spare drive > md100: no spare disk to reconstruct array! -- continuing in degraded > mode > md: recovery thread finished

Re: [gentoo-user] When copying an os to new disk

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Freitag 19 Februar 2010, Harry Putnam wrote: >> I'm currently rsyncing an OS (new gentoo install) from one vmware disk >> to a newly created one. >> >> I know not to copy /proc but not sure about /dev.  Looking at an >> unbooted OS

Re: [gentoo-user] no libdri.so with ati-drivers-10.1

=== On Sat, 02/20, Adam wrote: === > So, any ideas or should i issue a bug report? === Yes, use the open source drivers: x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati ;-) -- Keith Dart -- -- ~ Keith Dart public key: ID: 19017044

[gentoo-user] Resizing ntfs creates a hidden partition

Hi All, I am resizing a Windows partition to get some space for Gentoo. I noticed that when gparted finished and I rebooted the machine there is a blank unallocated space in front of the Windows 7 partition, shown below as 6.33MB: ===

Re: [gentoo-user] no libdri.so with ati-drivers-10.1

On Samstag 20 Februar 2010, Adam wrote: > I tried 10.1 but just got a blank screen. The log file shows that xorg > couldnt load libdri.so, and the file is missing under /usr/lib64/xorg. > (its at /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so in 9.9-r2) > > So, any ideas or should i issue a bug repo

Re: [gentoo-user] How should I clean up my broken system?

On Sunday 14 February 2010 11:32:12 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:03:40 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > On a more serious note, conf-update automatically merges trivial > > > changes, so any configs you ran at the default, which is probably the > > > majority, won't be flag

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Screen sharing software or similar

James writes: > Renat Golubchyk gmx.net> writes: > > >> too. For easy writing I would probably buy graphics tablets since >> writing math formulas or drawing isn't particularly fast or easy with >> keyboard and mouse. > > > If my old (weak) memory serves me correctly, > some time back several fo

Re: [gentoo-user] How should I clean up my broken system?

On Samstag 20 Februar 2010, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 14 February 2010 11:32:12 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:03:40 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > > On a more serious note, conf-update automatically merges trivial > > > > changes, so any configs you ran at the default, whi

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3 and Kconvert

chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties: On Saturday 20 February 2010 03:11:41 Dale wrote: Dale, whatever you wanted to say did not reach the list ... just an html message with an empty body. You may want to resend? PS. Hopefully not in html. ;-) Tha

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with installation kde-meta, gnome

chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties: On Saturday 20 of February 2010 03:56:32 Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote: If I understand you correctly, then you only set useflags when you invoke emerge? As in "USE="foo" emerge foobar". Is this how you're doing it or am I jus

Re: [gentoo-user] recovering RAID from an old server

On 20 Feb 2010, at 04:31, Iain Buchanan wrote: On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 14:44 +, Stroller wrote: On 19 Feb 2010, at 12:15, Iain Buchanan wrote: ... Can I randomly mount partitions read-only or will this screw things up further? If this is unsafe I will have ketchup & mustard on my baseb

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: recovering RAID from an old server

On Sat, 2010-02-20 at 10:46 +0100, Francesco Talamona wrote: > > Should I be able to mount them automatically and let the SW RAID > > module sort it out or do I have to know how they're tied together > > beforehand? > > > md: looking for a shared spare drive > > md100: no spare disk to reconstru

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ntfs creates a hidden partition

On 20 Feb 2010, at 11:23, Mick wrote: ... === cfdisk (util-linux-ng 2.16.1) ... Pri/Log 133208105* 976768064 0 843559960*Free Space None === I am not

Re: [gentoo-user] recovering RAID from an old server

On Sat, 2010-02-20 at 13:39 +, Stroller wrote: > On 20 Feb 2010, at 04:31, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 14:44 +, Stroller wrote: > >> On 19 Feb 2010, at 12:15, Iain Buchanan wrote: > >>> ... > >>> Can I randomly mount partitions read-only or will this screw > >>> thin

Re: [gentoo-user] Resizing ntfs creates a hidden partition

Hi Mick, AFAIK the asterisk behind the partition just indicates, that it is not aligned to a cylinder boundary. I think this doesnt have any effect (or maybe some old OS like DOS depend on it). If you use cfdisk for partitioning you can avoid that by given the space in c(ylinders). e.g. New Partit

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3 and Kconvert

chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties: On Saturday 20 February 2010 03:11:41 Dale wrote: Dale, whatever you wanted to say did not reach the list ... just an html message with an empty body. You may want to resend? PS. Hopefully not in html. ;-) I s

[gentoo-user] Re: recovering RAID from an old server

On Saturday 20 February 2010, Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Sat, 2010-02-20 at 10:46 +0100, Francesco Talamona wrote: > > > Should I be able to mount them automatically and let the SW RAID > > > module sort it out or do I have to know how they're tied > > > together beforehand? > > > > > > md: looking

Re: [gentoo-user] recovering RAID from an old server

> md: bind > md: bind > md: bind > raid1: raid set md100 active with 3 out of 4 mirrors > md: bind > md: bind > md: bind > raid1: raid set md101 active with 3 out of 4 mirrors AFAICT this is all you need to know -- you definitely have two software (mdraid) RAID 1 volumes: md100 with hda2, hde2 a

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3 and Kconvert

On Saturday 20 February 2010 14:07:40 Dale wrote: > chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties: > > On Saturday 20 February 2010 03:11:41 Dale wrote: > > > > > > Dale, whatever you wanted to say did not reach the list ... just an html > > message with an empty body. You may

[gentoo-user] Amarok won't play my mp3's anymore

After doing an emerge --update world today and rebooting my compi Amarok will not play my mp3's anymore. I get the following error message "Too many errors encountered in playlist. Playback has stopped." I have tried to delete ~/.xine as suggested after a google search on the error string. If I

Re: [gentoo-user] [X11] radeonhd not working

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 03:43, Adam wrote: >> I get the following error lines in the console: >> FATAL: Module radeon not found. >> (EE) RADEONHD(0): RHDDRIVersionCheck: drmOpen("radeon", >> "pci::05:05.0") failed. >> >> [ 1256.744546] uvesafb: mode switch failed (eax=0x34f, err=0). Trying >>

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

>> XP on a USB stick  It sounds like a Windows machine is necessary >> to build it, but once it's built it would be really handy. > > I have found my attempts at building this or a CD-based PE very frustrating > indeed. It seems like an awful lot of aggro when you could just download > exactly

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3 and Kconvert

chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties: On Saturday 20 February 2010 14:07:40 Dale wrote: chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties: On Saturday 20 February 2010 03:11:41 Dale wrote: Dale, whatever you wanted to say did not reach th

RE: [gentoo-user] Can't see /dev/hda1,2,3 but I know they exist...

-Original Message- From: Hung Dang [mailto:hungp...@gmail.com] Sent: February 19, 2010 9:18 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't see /dev/hda1,2,3 but I know they exist... > The first thing that jumps to my mind is you have an older initrd that > has yo

Re: [gentoo-user] Amarok won't play my mp3's anymore

On 20 Feb 2010, at 16:45, Dan Johansson wrote: ... If I start Amarok with the --debug flag I see the following output: --8 <- amarok: [EngineController] [WARNING!] Phonon failed to play this URL. Error: "17:

Re: [gentoo-user] [X11] radeonhd not working

I've set Radeon DRI from module to built-in and now this is the result: (EE) RADEONHD(0): [dri] CP_INIT failed (EE) RADEONHD(0): RHDDRIFinishScreenInit: RHDDRIKernelInit Failed. I'm using 2.6.31.12 with -rt and -tuxonice patchsets.

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3 and Kconvert

Am Samstag, 20. Februar 2010 schrieb Dale: > So, it wants to rebuild Kconvert but there is no such thing in portage. > I have the kde-sunset layman up to date as well. Also, I do use > Kconvert so I don't want to get rid of it either. > > Is there a way to fix this? Oh, the news item is not rela

Re: [gentoo-user] Amarok won't play my mp3's anymore

Am Samstag, 20. Februar 2010 schrieb Dan Johansson: > After doing an emerge --update world today and rebooting my compi Amarok > will not play my mp3's anymore. I get the following error message "Too many > errors encountered in playlist. Playback has stopped." I have tried to > delete ~/.xine as s

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3 and Kconvert

chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties: Am Samstag, 20. Februar 2010 schrieb Dale: So, it wants to rebuild Kconvert but there is no such thing in portage. I have the kde-sunset layman up to date as well. Also, I do use Kconvert so I don't want to get rid of it ei

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3 and Kconvert

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 01:20:02PM -0600, Dale wrote: > chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties: > > Am Samstag, 20. Februar 2010 schrieb Dale: > > > > > >> So, it wants to rebuild Kconvert but there is no such thing in portage. > >> I have the kde-sunset layman up to

Re: [gentoo-user] [X11] radeonhd not working

Andrey Vul wrote: > I've set Radeon DRI from module to built-in and now this is the result: > (EE) RADEONHD(0): [dri] CP_INIT failed > (EE) RADEONHD(0): RHDDRIFinishScreenInit: RHDDRIKernelInit Failed. > > I'm using 2.6.31.12 with -rt and -tuxonice patchsets. Maybe stupid questions but is the fir

Re: [gentoo-user] zsh and sudo

On Friday 19 February 2010, daid kahl wrote: > Hello, > > I just installed zsh recently and was working on making the switch > over from bash for my daily user, provided I can get a few things > worked out. > > The biggest problem that I can't find useful results googling is zsh > interaction wit

Re: [gentoo-user] [X11] radeonhd not working

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 17:52, pk wrote: > Andrey Vul wrote: >> I've set Radeon DRI from module to built-in and now this is the result: >> (EE) RADEONHD(0): [dri] CP_INIT failed >> (EE) RADEONHD(0): RHDDRIFinishScreenInit: RHDDRIKernelInit Failed. >> >> I'm using 2.6.31.12 with -rt and -tuxonice p

Re: [gentoo-user] recovering RAID from an old server

On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:22:51 +0100, Andrea Conti wrote: > > md: bind > > md: bind > > md: bind > > raid1: raid set md101 active with 3 out of 4 mirrors > > AFAICT this is all you need to know -- you definitely have two software > (mdraid) RAID 1 volumes: Agreed, however Iain also said that he

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3 and Kconvert

chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties: On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 01:20:02PM -0600, Dale wrote: chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties: Am Samstag, 20. Februar 2010 schrieb Dale: So, it wants to rebuild Kconvert but there

Re: [gentoo-user] [X11] radeonhd not working

Firmware installed, I still get this: >> (EE) RADEONHD(0): [dri] CP_INIT failed >> (EE) RADEONHD(0): RHDDRIFinishScreenInit: RHDDRIKernelInit Failed.

Re: [gentoo-user] How should I clean up my broken system?

On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:08:05 +, Mick wrote: > > I expect that if I were still using etc-update or dispatch-conf I > > would welcome it with open arms though. > > You make me feel out of touch with Gentoo! Is dispatch-conf and > etc-update that bad then? They're not bad in that they do the

Re: [gentoo-user] [X11] radeonhd not working

Andrey Vul wrote: > The real question here is why isn't radeon-ucode a dependency of > xf86-video-radeonhd ? Well, the radeon-ucode is only for r6xx/7xx chips so pulling it in for r5xx would be pointless... I just noticed that you have a radeon hd4200 which is a RS880 chip. Not sure if this is su

Re: [gentoo-user] [X11] radeonhd not working

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 19:35, pk wrote: > Andrey Vul wrote: > >> The real question here is why isn't radeon-ucode a dependency of >> xf86-video-radeonhd ? > > Well, the radeon-ucode is only for r6xx/7xx chips so pulling it in for > r5xx would be pointless... I just noticed that you have a radeon

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3 and Kconvert

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 05:43:11PM -0600, Dale wrote: > chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties: > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 01:20:02PM -0600, Dale wrote: > > > >> chrome://messenger/locale/messengercompose/composeMsgs.properties: > >> > >>> Am Samstag, 20. Febru

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.3 Weather Forecast Applet does not find Perth (Looking for a Fix)

Mick wrote: > On Thursday 18 February 2010 16:51:00 you wrote: > >> On 18 February 2010 14:21, ubiquitous1980 wrote: >> >>> Matthias Krebs wrote: >>> Am Dienstag 16 Februar 2010 22:26:11 schrieb ubiquitous1980: > Using KDE 4.3 Weather Forecast Applet for amd64

Re: [gentoo-user] [X11] radeonhd not working

And from my experiences, fglrx is far less tolerant of fancy kernel patches than the nvidia blobs.

Re: [gentoo-user] How should I clean up my broken system?

On Sat, 2010-02-20 at 12:08 +, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 14 February 2010 11:32:12 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:03:40 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > > > On a more serious note, conf-update automatically merges trivial > > > > changes, so any configs you ran at the defau

RE: [gentoo-user] Can't see /dev/hda1,2,3 but I know they exist...

On Sat, 2010-02-20 at 12:44 -0500, James Homuth wrote: > > -Original Message- > From: Hung Dang [mailto:hungp...@gmail.com] > Sent: February 19, 2010 9:18 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't see /dev/hda1,2,3 but I know they exist... > > > You could